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<blockquote data-quote="WFfarm" data-source="post: 1649514" data-attributes="member: 39155"><p>[USER=40335]@504RP[/USER] We have about the same size herd, around 30 give or take each year. We winter all together but split up on two farms for summer grazing, so we have two bulls. We plan for April calving. The bulls stay with the herd for most of the year and are pulled when the first calf is born, then turned back in first of July. We only need to preg check what hasn't calved in the first three months. If the cow is due soon they stay and will let calve, if they are open or due more than a month or two away they will go to auction. This is the time of the year when cull process are at their highest in our area. This method maximizes our cull revenue and minimizes vet cost because. We usually only have one free loader every few years that was fed all winter without producing. We also only keep replacement heifers that are born in the first month of our calving season from our best, most consistent calving cows. This increases our fertility traits and allows us to bred heifers at 15 months and stay in sinct with our calving season.</p><p></p><p>We can usually give a good cow or young cow a pass for falling behind, but they have to catch up in the following seasons. We have seen cows move up 4-6 weeks in the calving season from one year to the next. Ones that have trouble rebreeding will be evident fairly quickly. This works for us because we wean and sell feeder calves in the fall and board our replacement heifers off the farm.</p><p></p><p>We have neighbors that let their bull run all year long and don't cull. Their herds are a mess, they have calves all year long and lose a quite a few in winter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WFfarm, post: 1649514, member: 39155"] [USER=40335]@504RP[/USER] We have about the same size herd, around 30 give or take each year. We winter all together but split up on two farms for summer grazing, so we have two bulls. We plan for April calving. The bulls stay with the herd for most of the year and are pulled when the first calf is born, then turned back in first of July. We only need to preg check what hasn't calved in the first three months. If the cow is due soon they stay and will let calve, if they are open or due more than a month or two away they will go to auction. This is the time of the year when cull process are at their highest in our area. This method maximizes our cull revenue and minimizes vet cost because. We usually only have one free loader every few years that was fed all winter without producing. We also only keep replacement heifers that are born in the first month of our calving season from our best, most consistent calving cows. This increases our fertility traits and allows us to bred heifers at 15 months and stay in sinct with our calving season. We can usually give a good cow or young cow a pass for falling behind, but they have to catch up in the following seasons. We have seen cows move up 4-6 weeks in the calving season from one year to the next. Ones that have trouble rebreeding will be evident fairly quickly. This works for us because we wean and sell feeder calves in the fall and board our replacement heifers off the farm. We have neighbors that let their bull run all year long and don't cull. Their herds are a mess, they have calves all year long and lose a quite a few in winter. [/QUOTE]
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